Blogs from San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina, South America - page 6

Left the hotel at 9am andtook a tour to got out to the national park. Unfortunately it was still raining. We went to the Cerro campanario. A chair lift up the mountain. It was so windy at the top that the rain hurt your face when it hit it. The clouds were quite low so we didn´t have any good views. We then wen onto Punto Panoramico and Llao Llao hotel. Stopped at a place that made rose hip products. Got back about 1pm. It cleared slightly during the afternoon however the wind didn´t drop. I walked around the town.... read more

We got up for the last time in our lake-side paradise and trundled off to breakie. The sun was streaming through and it was another perfect day in Bariloche. It was kind of bitter-sweet; knowing we would enjoy a nice morning however annoyed that it couldn't be like this for our first couple of days here. We packed up our bags (and collected all the hand-washing that we'd done and hung up on any available space around our hotel room) and checked-out. Our flight back to Santiago wasn't leaving until 4pm so we had quite a bit of the day to fill in. We decided that given the nice morning, we would walk the 6km into town for lunch and do a spot of souvenir shopping. We walked along the main road and took in the ... read more

Today we had another long sleep in! Its crazy that the sun doesnt rise till 9.15am! We have been waking up close to 10! Its fantastic – ben doesnt feel the need to get up out of bed like a shot saying “come on rach up you get, its morning!” in a voice thats way too annoying and loud for whatever time of morning he usually does it! Once again we went down to breakie and it was average at best but filled ourselves up with what they had there. It wasnt a very nice day today but def better than yesterday and at least it wasnt raining so we spent the morning planning what we would do for the following 2 days as it was meant to be sunny. We decided to hire a car ... read more

We woke up this morning after an amazing sleep in our super comfy bed! Our lil apartment here is really cute with a kitchen and everything! Would be great if we were here more than one night so we could actually cook ourselves a meal instead of going out! It feels like coming home is getting closer! And it is! Unfortunately I was disappointed as I stepped into the shower as it was tepid at best! Grr cold showers in a cold place is not ideal! Anyway enough moaning, we got changed into our travel attire for yet another full day of travelling and got out packs to head downstairs and pay our bill. ... read more

Chocolates and mountains, thats what Bariloche is famous for. We crossed the Andes from Pucon in Chile to San Martin de los Andes in Argentina stopping the night before heading on to Bariloche. What beautiful scenery we passed along the way in the Argentine lake district, rivers, lakes, valleys and mountians, monkey puzzle trees and lots of big birds (not any condors yet though). Bariloche is within the national park Nahuel Huapi on the lake of the same name surrounded by snow capped mountains. We arrived at mid day and didn´t do too much apart from check into the hostel,orientate ourselves a bit and check out the different treking options, unfortunately the weather was about to change for the next few days to persistent rain. We decided to suit up with waterproofs and get out to ... read more